Google unveils new Logo

Google unveils its new logo today with Four Colored GOOGLE on your home page.Google annouce it on its blog with title "Google’s look, evolved" on September 1, 2015.  Google has changed a lot over the past 17 years—from the range of our products to the evolution of their look and feel. And today we’re changing things up once again:

First they changed their name, now they’ve changed their logo. Google introduced a new sans-serif and slightly toned-down four-colour logo on Tuesday in the biggest redesign since 1999. Google said the new design would soon be seen across all its products. Google’s homepage introduced the redesign with an animation that wiped away the old logo and drew the new one.

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Sports Ministry recognizes ‘Yoga’ as a sports discipline

The categorization of various Sports disciplines was reviewed and the revised categories of sports disciplines and the scale of financial assistance admissible to each category was conveyed to IOC and all recognized National Sports Federations on 23rd March, 2015. It was also conveyed that ‘General’ category of sports disciplines shall be retained. Criteria for inclusion in this category and financial assistance to be provided will be separately issued.
Based on the past performance in major international events, it has been decided to upgrade the sport of Fencing from ‘Others’ to ‘General’ category. It has also been decided to place ‘University Sports’ in the ‘Priority’ category. It has further been decided to recognize ‘Yoga’ as a sports discipline and to place it in the ‘Priority’ category.

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1 September 2015 Current Affairs MCQs, Quiz, Questions

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Current Affairs Questions on 1 September 2015:

Sports Ministry on 1st September 2014 recognizes ........... as a sports discipline ?
A. Katthak
B. Yoga
C. Rowing
D. None of above
Answer: B

India wins test series in .........  after 22 years on 1st September 2015?
A. Sri Lanka
B. England
C. Pakistan
D. Bangladesh
Answer: A

Which state government of India launched One Stop Centre “Sakhi” to help women in distress?
A. Chattisgarh
B. Haryana
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. Madhya Pradesh
Answer: B

Who has been appointed as CMD of India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO)?
A. R J Mishra
B. L K Jha
C. L C Goyal
D. Anil Goswami
Answer: C

The “Buchi Babu Memorial Trophy” is associated with which sports?
A. Cricket
B. Badminton
C. Hockey
D. Football
Answer: A

"Parichaalan", a Mobile Application is related to ?
A. Online Flight Booking
B. Train Ticket Booking
C. Railway Freight Operations
D. Rural Transportation
Answer: C

Who was man of the series in Test series win against Sri Lanka by 2-1 on September 1st, 2015 ?
A. Virat Kohli
B. R.Ashwin
C. Cheteswar Pujara
D. Ishant Sharma
Answer: B

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) declared SBI  and ........... Bank as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs) ?
A. PNB
B. ICICI
C. IDBI
D. HDFC
Answer: B  

For which of the following country, India has emerged as the 8th largest tourism market with over 2 lakh Indians visiting the country previous year?
A. Indonesia
B. China
C. Australia
D. Canada
Answer: C

Which team clinched the Buchi Babu Memorial Trophy in the All India invitation cricket tournament on 1st Sep’15?
A. Chhattisgarh
B. Mumbai
C. Chandigarh
D. TNCA XI
Answer: B

Which court has asked Uttar Pradesh government to ensure hoisting ceremony of National Flag on Independence Day and Republic Day in Madarsas and other schools all over the state?
A. Allahabad High Court
B. Delhi High Court
C. Bombay High Court
D. Supreme Court
Answer: A

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India wins test series in Sri Lanka after 22 years

India wins test series in Sri Lanka after 22 years. Chasing a target of 386 runs, Sri Lanka started their 2nd innings on a poor as they lost 2 early wickets. When reports last came in, Sri Lanka was batting on 21 runs for the loss of 3 wickets and finally register a win. India overcame a gallant century by Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews to win their final Test by 117 runs on Tuesday and end a 22-year wait for a series win on the island.(Scorecard | Highlights)The hosts, set a victory target of 386, were bowled out for 268 after tea on the fifth day at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo to hand the tourists a 2-1 series scoreline winning a series in Sri Lanka for the first time since 1993.

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Parichaalan - a Mobile Application for Railway Freight Operations

Minister of Railways, Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu today launched Parichaalan - a Mobile Application for Railway Freight Operations developed by Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) (the IT arm of Ministry of Railways. ‘Parichaalan’ is a mobile application conceptualized and developed by CRIS to make decision making on freight operations absolutely easy and user friendly. The application is a powerful tool as it not only represents data in a pictorial and graphical manner that is easily comprehensible but also makes the information dynamic and current in nature. Instead of focusing on post-mortems, Parichaalan moves operations management systems to a higher level of real time decision making.
‘Parichaalan’ overcomes all this by:
• Providing mapped movement of freight trains- the first time ever on IR.
• Providing powerful search tools-removing the need to sift through voluminous tabular data.
• Providing effective Decision Support System-focusing on the right parameters
• Use of powerful graphical interfaces-for easy comprehension of vital parameters of operations.
• Providing an effective planning tool-predictive in nature for planning of movement and loading.
• Providing a paperless tool- environment friendly leading to savings of a 1000 trees per annum.
• Allowing for mobility of officials- Live updates and decision sharing through the app.
• Allowing adequate time for officials- less stressful working environment.
• Allowing for instant information retrieval across multiple pages through hyperlinks.
• Cost saving in procurement of paper, printing and distribution
This app has the potential to earn carbon credits for IR and also can become a revenue generating tool by providing similar logistics solutions for IR customers like CIL, NTPC, SAIL, TISCO, FCI, Oil Co’s, Ports, etc.

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Rajiv Mehrishi appointed New Home Secretary

Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Shri Rajiv Mehrishi, IAS (RJ:1978) Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance as Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs for a period of two years with effect from 31.08.2015. He succeeds Shri L.C. Goyal. The Prime Minister has also approved the request of Shri L.C. Goyal, IAS (KL:1979) seeking voluntary retirement from Government service due to personal reasons with immediate effect.

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Current Affairs September 2015 Daily Quiz, Pdf, Objective Questions

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